After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.

This Grade II Listed Building with an Art Nouveau façade once contained a unique print shop.

This pedestrian footbridge honors Pero Jones, an enslaved African who lived in Bristol.

Dating back to the early 12th century, this is the first Augustinian priory established in England.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

A wonderful safe haven founded in the 1960s to rescue endangered monkeys from the pet trade.

After several centuries as the home of coastal defenses, this island is full of history—and maybe ghosts.

These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham’s central station.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

This public lavatory is home to a mini museum that explores toilets through time.

This iconic Tudor home-turned-museum offers a unique glimpse into the everyday life of a prosperous family during the early modern period.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

A boat slowly sinking into the Essex mud flats bearing the names of the disappeared that haunt the Thames Estuary.

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.

This octagonal cottage is the smallest and the oldest council house in the United Kingdom.

This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.